GreenJump Receives the USGBC Pathfinder Program Award: Taipei Headquarters Earns LEED Platinum, the Global Green Building Certification
"This article is based on a press release published in the Economic Daily News on November 23, 2024." Text: Chen Yuan-Ying
Under the pressure of global climate change, companies no longer focus on financial performance alone. They must also respond to the challenges of ESG: environment, social responsibility and corporate governance. As an internationally recognized ESG consultancy, GreenJump Sustainability's Taipei headquarters office earned Platinum certification under LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), the globally recognized green building rating system, in the Interior Design and Construction (ID+C) version. With what was then the highest score in Taiwan under that version, GreenJump received the 2024 USGBC (U.S. Green Building Council) Pathfinder Program award.
In the 10 years since its founding, GreenJump has become an important force in sustainable building worldwide. It offers a one-stop integrated sustainability service and has helped many projects earn international certification, including Fubon Xinyi A25, the Cathay Songjiang Building and Nan Shan Financial Center in Taiwan, as well as technology plants such as Foxconn in Vietnam, Chicony in Thailand and Sercomm in the Philippines. The firm has made notable progress in Taiwan and in global markets and has become a leader in sustainable real estate.
Advancing Sustainable Value Through Healthy Green Buildings
GreenJump focuses on healthy and green buildings and provides comprehensive solutions that help companies and cities reach their sustainability goals. Over the past 10 years, GreenJump has supported a large number of green building and healthy building projects and has delivered several firsts in Taiwan and worldwide, such as LEED and WELL certification for Micron's A3 fab in Taiwan, the first semiconductor fab in the world to earn both.
To date, the firm has helped improve environmental health for 86,000 people. Its work has expanded into Southeast Asia and covers a total floor area of more than 1,000 football pitches, making it an important driver of green building and sustainable design in the region. In healthy buildings, GreenJump has received an annual award from IWBI (the International WELL Building Institute) for five consecutive years, which marks its outstanding contribution to WELL healthy buildings. WELL certification is known for its rigorous standards and emphasizes how buildings promote the health and well-being of the people who use them. In 2024, GreenJump's headquarters earned the highest score in Taiwan and became one of only two projects in the world to hold WELL Platinum certification together with three ratings, underscoring its leading position in green and healthy building design.
As an officially recognized LEED Pathfinder and WELL EP (Enterprise Provider), GreenJump has earned both LEED Platinum and WELL Platinum for its headquarters office, and shows how a workplace can meet environmental sustainability goals while also looking after the health and comfort of its users. Through this example, more owners and developers can experience first-hand the value that healthy green buildings bring.
Leading with Innovative Technology to Build a Shared Ecosystem
GreenJump does not focus only on the success of individual projects. It also looks at how to expand sustainability partnerships through technological innovation.
In June this year, it successfully hosted the 2024 ESG Real Estate Sustainability Forum, the first time in Taiwan's real estate sector that international bodies including USGBC, IWBI and GRESB (the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark) shared the same stage. Together with Taiwan's industry, government and academia, the event drew 1,300 attendances across as many as 28 forum sessions, helping to build a sustainability ecosystem in Taiwan that everyone can take part in.
GreenJump also applies the innovative technology of CyberSense building design, from energy management systems and carbon reduction technologies to smart building solutions, so that companies do not only pursue their own maximum benefit but also build social responsibility into daily operations, achieving balanced development across environment, society and economy.
About GreenJump's Consulting Services
GreenJump Sustainability Design Consulting Co., Ltd. focuses on green buildings and sustainable development and is committed to providing healthy, energy-saving, low-carbon building solutions. Our services cover green building certification (such as LEED and WELL), ESG strategy integration, carbon asset management and building physics analysis, giving companies a full range of sustainability solutions. GreenJump's professional team brings together specialists in architecture, energy, health and other fields to shape a sustainable future for each client.
Our goal is to help companies reach their sustainability targets through cross-disciplinary professional services and to create a future in which both the economy and the environment win.
Our Thanks to the Economic Daily News
—Founded in 1967, the Economic Daily News is a leading financial media outlet in Taiwan that provides timely and accurate information on finance, industry and markets.
We are very grateful to the Economic Daily News for its extensive coverage and for sharing our company's latest achievements and professional services!
We hope this article shows GreenJump's expertise in sustainable building and the certifications and awards it has earned, and helps promote green building and sustainable development as we work together toward a better future!
